“Please ask him if he could forward the correct list to her attention at P.O. Box 261, Cedarville, NJ 08311 or email to cherylskj@yahoo.com.

“She'd love photos, too, and would include any of relatives in the Riley/Wheaton genealogy book she and my father are working on.

“On another note, every morning, my 65-year-old father enjoys his cup of coffee while working on the crossword puzzle in your newspaper.

“Unfortunately, it is now hard for him to read as he also feels it is too small.

“Thought I'd pass this along.

“Thanks again.’’

— Cheryl Cagle

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“Big giant-sized thank you to all those who stepped up and went way beyond their call of duty for our residents at the Bridgeton high-rise.

“These fine people deserve our heartfelt thanks and I, for one, am very grateful, as I'm sure all the commissioners and directors are!

“Thank you, Jack.’’

— Gloria E. Cortez

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Here is how it went down:

You want heroes?

The Bridgeton high-rise had them this week.

The BHS maintenance men should all have their names in the newspaper.

Jeanne Riley didn't want to slight anybody, so names are not included in her letter that's coming.

The housing authority knows who they sent over. They were sent from the senior centers that had electricity to the high-rise that didn't to guard the door.

With the power out, they wouldn't lock.

Except the back door.

If you went out the back door, it would lock behind you.

But here is what these wonderful men did.

They went door to door with ice and ice water.

Knocked on every door.

Where did they get the ice and ice water?

"They went out and bought it themselves,'' said Riley.

Let's see these men at the next city council meeting in front of the camera.

But, it didn't stop there.

In walked Mayor Albert Kelly and Councilman Jack Surrency for dinner.

"Made by my favorite chef,'' announced Kelly.

"We must have fed 40 or 45 people,'' said Riley. "We stood there and dished it out.''

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Not like the woman who got two flat screens and a watch stolen out of her powerless home in the townships.

No, this was a good thing!

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We want them paraded through town on the shoulders of the masses.

We want to watch at least five of the senior citizens who benefited from what these people did to do the thanking in front of city council.

We don’t want suits.

We want the beneficiaries to express their gratitude.

And let all of them ride in a limo to and from.

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The BHS Class of 1973 reunion committee meeting will take place at the De Olde Towne Tavern on July 16, at 7 p.m.

Class members are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Call 856-305-4922 for more info.

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They can’t call it Ye Olde Towne Tavern.

They have to call it De Olde Towne Tavern.

Remember when Doug Van Sant was going to rename it the Bat Cave?

Who wants to tell that story of when the comic book showed the bat cave in Cumberland County in the 1970s?

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As more states put in place strict voter ID rules, an Associated Press review of temporary ballots from Indiana and Georgia, which first adopted the most stringent standards, found that more than 1,200 such votes were tossed during the 2008 general election.

During sparsely attended primaries this year in Georgia, Indiana and Tennessee, the states implementing the toughest laws, hundreds more ballots were blocked.

The numbers suggest that the legitimate votes rejected by the laws are far more numerous than are the cases of fraud that advocates of the rules say they are trying to prevent.

Thousands more votes could be in jeopardy for this November, when more states with larger populations are looking to have similar rules in place.

You worry about saving money on the school board election and you worry about where we rank in this poll and that poll.

We want the ExCEL program open to all who qualify!

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What’s wrong with this scenario?

Five juveniles, one age 12, were charged early Sunday with throwing a rock that damaged a tow truck being driven along U.S. Route 322.

Police said the rock throwing incident is one of seven such cases in the vicinity of the Hidden Creek development since June 17.

The juveniles, two age 17, two age 16 and the 12-year-old, were charged with criminal mischief, resisting arrest, obstruction of the administration of the law and violating curfew in connection with the latest incident.

They were turned over to their respective parents.

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This is the very reason we told the police chief of Salem City he can’t win.

It’s the very reason we told him all he’s going to accomplish is ruining his health.

Yeah, we told him.

Right outside the side door to Today’s Sunbeam.

We told him to walk into the next city council meeting and tell them it’s not working.

That there has to be a new solution, a new direction to solving or controlling or the shoveling of sand against the tide of the crime problem.

Oh, he’ll get his raises.

He’ll get his pension.

But he’ll never as long as a whale’s tokus is wet have the satisfaction that he helped do away with crime in Salem.

The judicial system is not giving him the tools, the help, the assistance he needs.

And he’s not as bad off as the police chief of Penns Grove.

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Has you heard one word about this during this election year?

One word?

At any level?

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We stole this letter from The Sunbeam:

Editor:

The new report card for the Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District have been published and available to view.

Still, I believe the administration for the district is nowhere close to devising a plan to bridge the educational gap in the community.

In Today’s Sunbeam, a front page headlines “P.G.-C.P. school chief reports bullying stats.” When it comes to the progress of the students, you never see headlines reporting improvements in the test scores of the students.

It seems to me the administration has priorities out of order and no action plan, just a bunch of highfalutin words to divert answering why there is no action plan.

Officials do not acknowledge that there is a problem. Yet, we see the Bright Horizon Charter School is steadily on the move.

I am not saying the issue of bullying should not be addressed. However, when is the issue of 311 out of 400 African-Americans in the middle school, whom are two years behind in the knowledge of math and science, will be addressed? When are the issues of the Penns Grove High School drop-out rate of 25 percent will get attention? The State of New Jersey drop-out rate is 4 percent.

In my opinion, the community needs a competent and student-driven schools chief, who will work with the board president, school board, administration, parents and students.

We must seek new leadership to bring together which is lost.

— Walter L. Hudson,

National Awareness Alliance,

Penns Grove

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Luann Spencer Parkin of Millville was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis 23 years ago.

Now she needs a “Walkaide’’to help her walk again.

Wanna help?

Her friends are holding a pig roast on July 22 at 2 p.m. at Babe’s Village Inn in Minotola.